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APP School of Law hosts historic signing of ‘Tanisha’s Law,’ advancing Cleveland’s mental health crisis response
APP School of Law served as the backdrop for a major shift in Cleveland’s public safety and mental health strategy as Mayor Justin M. Bibb (LAW ’18) signed “Tanisha’s Law,” landmark legislation creating a new civilian-led response to mental health crisis calls. The…
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September 11, 2018
APP’s annual Constitution Day Program will be held Monday, Sept. 17, from 4 to 5:30 in the School of Law’s Moot Courtroom. During the event, Raymond Ku, professor of law at CWRU, and William Snyder, teaching professor at Syracuse University’s College of Law, will…
August 24, 2018
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, is the eighth most-cited public law scholar—excluding constitutional law—in the U.S., according to research conducted by University of Chicago law professor Brian Leiter. Adler…
August 17, 2018
Juscelino F. Colares, the Schott-van Eynden Professor of Business Law and professor of political science, gave a talk titled “The new trade wars—timely shake-up or recipe for trouble?” for the City Club of Cleveland earlier this month. The Greater Cleveland International Lawyers Group, an…
August 14, 2018
Jonathan H. Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation at APP School of Law, is among 34 newly elected members of the prestigious American Law Institute (ALI). The 90-year-old institute comprises…
August 10, 2018
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, wrote three op-eds discussing current legal issues. In “The science charade,” Adler suggests that the Endangered Species Act cannot be bolstered by more, better scientific…
July 27, 2018
Recent turnover on the United States Supreme Court has positioned APP Law Professor Jonathan Adler as a frequent commentator for major media outlets. In the past few weeks, Adler has provided his insight on CNN and for The New York Times, The Associated Press, USA Today…
July 16, 2018
In a piece for The New York Times, Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, weighed in on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s record on administrative law cases for the United States Court of Appeals for the District…
July 16, 2018
Avidan Y. Cover, professor of law and director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy, detailed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Donald Trump’s travel ban, which restricts the entry of citizens from many majority-Muslim countries into the United States. The op-ed,…
July 06, 2018
Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law and associate dean for academic affairs, examined why Ohio may show unusual partisanship on the topic of abortion when compared to opinions on other political and social topics within the state. The op-ed, titled “When it comes to reproductive…
July 06, 2018
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, wrote several articles for Reason about various legal issues and another for The New York Times regarding a pending case about the Affordable Care Act. The articles for Reason…